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PFA vs. MDPE

Both PFA and MDPE are thermoplastics. There are 6 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is PFA and the bottom bar is MDPE.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.2
0.93
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz 2.1
2.3
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 300
120
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1000
2350
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.25
0.4
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.12
0.18